#268B97#268B97

#268B97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#268B97
RGB	rgb(38, 139, 151)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, -23.87, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 27.98, 211.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0804 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.09 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.6154, 21.1098, 32.5238)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#268B97 #973226

analogous

#26976B #268B97 #265297

triadic

#268B97 #97268B #8B9726

tetradic

#268B97 #6B2697 #973226 #529726

square

#268B97 #6B2697 #973226 #529726

split-complementary

#268B97 #972652 #976B26

monochromatic

#0D3135 #1A5E66 #268B97 #32B8C8 #60CAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#268B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#268B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #268B97

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##268B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##268B97	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #268b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(38, 139, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb5',
    500: '#268b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #268b97;
$custom-light: #73adb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#268b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 38,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.372,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58621,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#268B97

secondary

#BC675C

accent

#5645E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #268B97

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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